Cigarette-supporter.



H. SAART.

CIGARETTE SUPPORTER.'

APPLICATION FILED mmze. 19|4.

Patenp ed May 18, 1915,

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HERMAN SAART, OF ATTLEFORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO THE W. H. SAART COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS CIGARETTE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed March 26, 1914. Serial No. 827,258.

, To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN SAART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device intended for supporting cigarettes.

The essential objects of my invention are to provide a means of protecting the fingers of the smoker from the well known stain incident to smoking cigarettes; to render the device adaptable to ladies as well as mens use; to make it possible to lay the device aside without danger of contact of the lighted cigarette with the article upon which I the device rests; and to attain these ends in a structure inexpensive to construct, easy to operate, and ornamental in appearance.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 are front and side elevations respectively of my supporter in upright position, showing the same engaging a cigarette, Fig. 3, a plan view of the same Without a cigarette, and Fig. 4, a side elevation of the supporter resting upon a surface.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

A ring A is providedto the two flat resilient arms B, preferably formed with a single-strip of metal folded upon itself at "its central portion to form a loop 7) which tightly embraces the ring A, to which the loop is preferably soldered. Above the loop I) the arms Bbend inwardly as at b, and thence outwardly as at 6 and thence preferably slightly inwardly as at 6 The described bends assist in normally holding the adjacent faces of the arms B in normally tight contact with each other along their outer end portions. Integral with the arms B at the extremities of the latter are arcuate fingers C, adapted to embrace a cigarette. Upon one of the arms B nearits finger C are laterally extending inclined lugs D, which form bearings or supports for the device when not in manual use. Integral signature in presence arm When it is desired to release or insert acigarette G such as illustrated in the draw lngs. In the present instance the prong or projection E is formed by cutting out a piece of stock from the body of the arm l3 leaving a resultant opening 6, and that portion of the material which is bent up into the prong E.

It will be observed that the entire device comprises but two pieces of metal, and that the entire mechanism outside the ring is stamped in a single piece. It will be understood, however, that the two picce coi'istruction described is not intended to be exclusive.

The use of this device as suggested by the drawings may be by placing the finger through the ring A, and by pressing the thumb upon the exterior of the ring, thus holding my device in an upright position as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to term porarily lay aside the device while the cigarette'is still alive the device rests as shown in Fig. 4: with the bearing lugs D and ring A in contact with the supporting article, so

loop and the free ends formed into curved clamping fingers, said arms having lateral projections adjacent the loop, lateral lugs on onearm adjacent the fingers and a projection upon the other arm opposite said 111 s.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my of two witnesses. HERMAN SAART.

Witnesses:

HORATIO E. BELLows, WASHINGTON R. PRESCOTT. 

